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Friday, January 22, 2016

A Spoonful of Sofrito: Bone broth in K-Cups!

A Spoonful of Sofrito: A pinch of advice that will add a lot of flavor to your life.

Proof We've Reached Peak Bone Broth: It Now Comes in K-Cups

Sofrito Lovers,

Bone Broth is an extraordinary treat. As someone who doesn't enjoy your typical hot beverages (no coffee or tea for me, thanks!), bone broth, known as stock to most of you, is an awesome alternative. It's warm savory flavor settles my stomach and takes the chill from my bones. I feel it gives me that morning pick me up that most people say coffee or tea gives them, except without the caffeine.

According to the article, from Eater.com, I posted below, Bone broth now comes in K-Cups. Now, I'm sure it won't be the same as a home made broth or the ones you can get from amazing places like Chef Marco Canora's take out window in Manhattan, but at least, it'll reach a new demographic.

Maybe, it'll get so popular that bone broth will start popping up in Starbuck's, Dunkin Donuts, and all the other giant coffee empires. One day people will be able to buy a "frappa-chappa-mocha-vente bone broth with foam!"

Wow, that sounds horrible! I'll stick to my own, thank you very much! Go taste for yourself and Buen provecho!

Proof We've Reached Peak Bone Broth: It Now Comes in K-Cups

Is this the end of this trend's lifespan?

Bone broth — or, as realists prefer to call it, stock — will no doubt be remembered as one of the biggest food fads of 2015. The meaty elixir rose to prominence on the back of the Paleo diet trend, with clean-eating devotees preaching of its health benefits to fellow Crossfitters everywhere. In the winter of 2014, chef Marco Canora opened a bone broth takeout window in Manhattan, and soon it was popping up on menus all over the country.

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Who is Ben The Pen Ramos?

I'm a cute, husky, Boricua lover of food and liberation. I educate, organize and moblize for various revolutionary causes in between having meals at, what I think are, some of the best restaurants, cafes, bars, cuchifritos, chimichurri trucks, and taquerias in the city.
I have never studied culinary arts/sciences; I am not a professional critic, nor do I have one of those super sensitive palettes that can divine every ingredient and spice in a meal.
My only qualification is that I am a fat ass that loves to eat food and share his opinion.
I watch alot of cooking shows on PBS, have watched every episode of Top Chef on the Bravo Channel and walk around the city aimlessly until I spot a restaurant that looks good!
I cannot cook to save my life, but I can eat with the best of them! Enjoy my blog!

Sofrito In My Soul

Sofrito in my soul, because I was lucky enough to be raised on delicious home made Puerto Rican criolla (typical food).

I learned to love food in my Mami's cocina (kitchen). I learned to appreciate the sacred, mystical, and transformative art of cooking and, most importantly, reveled in the epic journey that is eating and tasting!

Sofrito was the building block of every meal Mami masterfully crafted in her Five star Kitchen. Sofrito is a fragrant sauce and wet seasoning comprised of onions, garlic, pepper (either small sweet red peppers or green bell peppers), oregano, cumin, bay leaf, oil, and culantro puréed together in a blender.

A blend of African, Taino and Spanish culture all in one delicious green potion that provides the incredible explosion of flavor in every bite of Puerto Rican food. Whether it is used to marinade proteins, added to soup or stew stocks, or to flavor a caldero (pot) of beans, Sofrito is that little bit of Puerto Rican pride we add to all of our dishes.Sofrito in my soul, because through food, I travel the world, but despite however far I go, I always come back to my Mami's kitchen in Harlem; our little piece of Puerto Rico on W139th Street!